ξάνθιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix), because it was used for dyeing the hair yellow.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ksán.tʰi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈksan.tʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈksan.θi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈksan.θi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈksan.θi.on/
Noun
ξᾰ́νθῐον • (xánthion) n (genitive ξᾰνθῐ́ου); second declension
- cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ξᾰ́νθῐον; τοῦ ξᾰνθῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ξᾰ́νθῐον tò xánthion | τὼ ξᾰνθῐ́ω tṑ xanthíō | τᾰ̀ ξᾰ́νθῐᾰ tà xánthia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ξᾰνθῐ́ου toû xanthíou | τοῖν ξᾰνθῐ́οιν toîn xanthíoin | τῶν ξᾰνθῐ́ων tôn xanthíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ξᾰνθῐ́ῳ tôi xanthíōi | ξᾰνθῐ́οιν xanthíoin | τοῖς ξᾰνθῐ́οις toîs xanthíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ξᾰ́νθῐον tò xánthion | ξᾰνθῐ́ω xanthíō | τᾰ̀ ξᾰ́νθῐᾰ tà xánthia | ||||||||||
Vocative | ξᾰ́νθῐον xánthion | ξᾰνθῐ́ω xanthíō | ξᾰ́νθῐᾰ xánthia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Xanthium
Further reading
- ξάνθιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ξάνθιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette